UW-Madison’s Office of Sustainability will open with an event and reception on Friday, March 9 at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery.
Following the State Senate’s rejection Tuesday of a mining bill amendment meant to address legislators’ concerns, mining company Gogebic Taconite announced it will no longer pursue its proposed $1.5 billion iron mine in northern Wisconsin.
A Dane County judge issued a temporary injunction against Wisconsin’s voter identification law Tuesday, freezing the law requiring identification in order to vote, on the grounds that the provision disproportionately affects certain groups of voters.
A man committed suicide outside of U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan’s R-Wisc office located in the Olde Towne Mall in Janesville Tuesday.
Students from throughout the UW System met at the Capitol Tuesday to lobby legislators on setting a tuition cap and increasing financial aid.
Members of student government’s University Affairs Committee unanimously approved legislation advocating to administrators for a two-day “reading break” in October, similar to other schools’ fall breaks.
Madison’s bike sharing program will return for a second year April 1 after its winter hiatus with eight new renting stations and longer hours, officials said Tuesday.
With multiple recall races likely on their way in Wisconsin, Assembly representatives passed a joint resolution Tuesday that could change the state constitution by redefining the grounds for a recall election.
The governing board for UW Hospital and Clinics approved the construction of two additional floors to the American Family Children’s Hospital Tuesday.
After a report found that faculty salaries at UW-Madison are significantly lower than those at peer institutions, members of the Faculty Senate said Monday they feared professors would leave the university for better-paying offers.
The Joint Finance Committee voted Monday to send a controversial bill that would ease regulations on iron ore mining in Wisconsin to the state Senate floor, even though it seems unlikely to pass there.
A city planning commission stalled in making a decision on a proposed apartment complex on North Brooks Street Monday because of conflict between city and university building guidelines.
With upcoming elections, a student group is working to ensure other students participate in the vote over spring break.
A little over a year after opening, the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery has been named the 2012 Laboratory of the Year for its innovative architecture and laboratory design.
Police found the body of a missing UW-Stevens Point student in the Wisconsin River near the university Monday afternoon, officials said.
A Madison man needed fifteen stitches after being hit in the face with a glass beer bottle at a downtown bar by another man early Sunday morning.
One of multiple lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of the new law requiring a photo ID to vote will be heard after a ruling from Dane County Circuit Judge Richard Niess Monday.
Police are investigating the sexual assault of a 21-year-old woman early Saturday, which took place in an alley between State Street and the 600 block of University Avenue.
Members of student government passed a resolution last week calling for Chancellor David Ward to include students in negotiations with adidas, a process that UW-Madison’s primary licensing advisory committee Chair Lydia Zepeda said last week would take place in private.
For the first time since the recall effort began, polls show Gov. Scott Walker losing in head-to-head races against other potential recall candidates, according to report released by Public Policy Polling last week.
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